{"id":14411,"date":"2018-04-12T12:06:03","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T16:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=14411"},"modified":"2018-04-12T12:06:21","modified_gmt":"2018-04-12T16:06:21","slug":"orlando-magic-fire-frank-vogel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2018\/04\/12\/orlando-magic-fire-frank-vogel\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Magic Fire Head Coach Frank Vogel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/nba-teams\/orlando-magic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Orlando Magic<\/a> have fired head coach <strong>Frank Vogel<\/strong>, according to a report by <strong>Adrian Wojnarowski<\/strong> of ESPN.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sources: Orlando dismisses coach Frank Vogel. Story on ESPN: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6e1t2bf82U\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/6e1t2bf82U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wojespn\/status\/984413077075644417?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 12, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Orlando Magic Fire Frank Vogel<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Vogel served as the Magic&#8217;s head coach for two seasons. He held a 54-110 record in that time. He previously coached the <a href=\"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/nba-teams\/indiana-pacers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Indiana Pacers<\/a>, achieving a 250-181 record with them.<\/p>\n<p>As the Magic&#8217;s regular season has ended without a playoff berth, the search for the new coaching job will begin immediately. The new coach will be Orlando&#8217;s fifth since the team fired <strong>Stan Van Gundy<\/strong> in 2012.<\/p>\n<p>The Magic have not reached the playoffs within that six-year period. Those six years are the longest in franchise history without a playoff berth. Several candidates around the league and in the NCAA exist. However, it may not be until the end of the regular season before Orlando&#8217;s new front office finds its next coach.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"ZQAJ14UQTBVrSEXuZSt14w\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/577773606\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'ZQAJ14UQTBVrSEXuZSt14w',sig:'ewDnppMijdn0h9Ywx6kUQgHRkDUsoe_JIHDZ-BRioZA=',w:'594px',h:'416px',items:'577773606',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After two seasons, the Orlando Magic have fired head coach Frank Vogel. 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